To be an American can mean something different to almost everyone. Most people might would say that to be an American would be to have some political aspect, or to be excessively supportive of the military. Others would say Americans are all about their rights with their guns, sloppy bacon cheeseburgers, or Gittin’ r’ Done. I, on the other hand, say something completely different; something on the opposite end of the scale. America isn’t all about football, fried foods, or the glories of the faux, over dramaticized American dream life. Being an American means being spoiled, dependent, and “free” on a leash.
To be an American means to be spoiled. While some children in America sit for hours upon hours crying to their parents over which …show more content…
Americans have always upheld the gracious title of “The Land of the Free”, yet the laws and practices of the land should undermine our confidence in this statement. We get the sense of freedom, although have you ever really stopped to think about our rights and how differently they seem to be applied throughout each ethnicity or through gender, religion, social status, etc.? In a sense we are free, but we aren’t. We think we are doing as we please, especially as an adult, but we’re actually on some form of restricted schedule throughout our lives; and it only gets harder as an adult. We go to school to get an education, to get a job, get jobs, get homes somewhat in the areas of our jobs and a car or two that we need to get to our jobs, just to have to work the job we hate and pay them all off. Then, we work work work our lives away, paying taxes, and living off of the government for years and years. If not living off of them, living with them or for them. Have you ever thought about WHY we all seem to get up early just to rush, rush, rush to get to work or school and then work, work, work, to achieve such education or promotion we have to work towards. We stress, stress, stress over almost everything, when in reality we’re blessed, blessed, blessed. Over the years, we’ve gotten a grasp of a tighter, stricter schedule pushing more advanced school work onto children, changing the requirements and the capability of getting a job, etc. Taking things under a lot more pressure for most people. The irony is that some of the richest "workers" in America do nothing but shuffle papers and surf the internet all day for a living, achieving a wild, single lifestyle, while others bust their behinds all week to get a rewarding $400 or less a week paycheck just to slide by and struggle. A huge percentage of unemployed people collect welfare
To be an American means to be spoiled. While some children in America sit for hours upon hours crying to their parents over which …show more content…
Americans have always upheld the gracious title of “The Land of the Free”, yet the laws and practices of the land should undermine our confidence in this statement. We get the sense of freedom, although have you ever really stopped to think about our rights and how differently they seem to be applied throughout each ethnicity or through gender, religion, social status, etc.? In a sense we are free, but we aren’t. We think we are doing as we please, especially as an adult, but we’re actually on some form of restricted schedule throughout our lives; and it only gets harder as an adult. We go to school to get an education, to get a job, get jobs, get homes somewhat in the areas of our jobs and a car or two that we need to get to our jobs, just to have to work the job we hate and pay them all off. Then, we work work work our lives away, paying taxes, and living off of the government for years and years. If not living off of them, living with them or for them. Have you ever thought about WHY we all seem to get up early just to rush, rush, rush to get to work or school and then work, work, work, to achieve such education or promotion we have to work towards. We stress, stress, stress over almost everything, when in reality we’re blessed, blessed, blessed. Over the years, we’ve gotten a grasp of a tighter, stricter schedule pushing more advanced school work onto children, changing the requirements and the capability of getting a job, etc. Taking things under a lot more pressure for most people. The irony is that some of the richest "workers" in America do nothing but shuffle papers and surf the internet all day for a living, achieving a wild, single lifestyle, while others bust their behinds all week to get a rewarding $400 or less a week paycheck just to slide by and struggle. A huge percentage of unemployed people collect welfare